The baby grows in the family. He brings a lot of pleasant worries and troubles to parents. It needs to be dressed, shod, fed and protected from diseases. Each season corresponds to a specific set of wardrobe. Clothing for the child should be comfortable. And, of course, knitted things are always present in the collection of practical clothes.
A scarf serves as protection against spring and autumn drafts. Having in stock a small skein of wool yarn and knitting skills, it is easy to craft it. However, you can use a more convenient and practical little thing.
How to knit a shirt-front for a child with knitting needles?
The scheme consists of individual parts: a gate, which in shape resembles that of a sweater, and a chest part. Such a design will perfectly protect the neck from cooling, which is important for kids.
Where to start needlework?
Knitted shirt-front with knitting needles for children is quite simple to perform. To make it convenient, you must correctly calculate the size. The gate should be free enough, easy to put on over the head. The length of the back and front can be chosen at the discretion of the craftswoman.
For a two-year-old baby, the approximate sizes will be as follows:
- width - 25 centimeters;
- the total length of the product is 32 centimeters.
What will be needed?
The shirt-front for knitting for children is knitted from wool yarn. For needlework, 100 grams of material is enough. It is selected by color.
For work, two straight knitting needles No. 5 and hosiery or circular tools of the same thickness will be needed.
Scheme of work
Front of productWe knit a shirt-front with knitting needles for children from several parts. This is the back, front and collar. Patterns can be the simplest. The upper part is made with a 2 by 2 elastic band. However, each craftswoman can apply a wide variety of patterns as she sees fit.
Start work from the front. For this needlework, it is proposed to perform this part, as well as the back of a stocking knit, which provides for knitting all the odd rows with facial loops and purl all even ones.
At the beginning of the work we collect 32 loops. We distribute them as follows: the first and last 5 loops are made with garter stitch ; for the rest, the main pattern is provided. Work done in this way will not be curtailed.
We continue knitting in the same way. We knit a cloth that should be eleven centimeters from the start of work. Next, remove fourteen loops of the middle of the canvas on an additional knitting needle or pin. We continue needlework on both sides of the removed loops. We knit each part separately. The shirt-front, knitted for children, should be comfortable. To make the neck of the product on both sides of the removed loops, we perform two reductions in one loop in an even row.
Having knitted two more centimeters of the canvas, we make out the shoulder bevels of the shirt-front. To do this, in even rows, first close 3 loops, and then 4.
Product back
The main canvas of the back is made similarly to the front. It differs only in that the neck is not formed. At a height of thirteen centimeters, we immediately perform the shoulder bevels, as well as for the front part. In the middle part of the work, eighteen loops remain.
Shirt-front collar
This part is performed with circular or stocking knitting needles. The canvas will be solid. We lift four loops for the neck of the front, fourteen loops removed on a pin, and eighteen loops of the back. On all the raised elements, we knit the collar with the “two-on-two elastic band” pattern. At a height of ten centimeters, we close the loop.
The final stage of needlework
Knitted shirt-front with knitting needles for children is almost ready. We iron the finished parts. It remains only to connect the shoulder seams. If desired, the edges of the product can be crocheted.